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A select catalogue of the Barlow collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades by the University of Sussex (published Sussex, 2006).

The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

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Greenware dish with two fish

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  • Literature notes

    The glaze colour on this piece is the result of misfiring, probably due to oxidization in the kiln. The desired ideal would have been a bluish green, derived from reduction-firing. The best colours were achieved by the Longquan kilns in the Southern Song period (1127–1279); in the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), firing was on the whole less well controlled.

    The deep rounded dish has a flat everted rim and a tapering foot. Two small sprig-moulded fish are applied in the centre and the outside is carved with slender lotus petals in relief. The glaze has misfired to an intense yellowish brown, and the unglazed footring is of similar colour.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaZhejiang province Longquan kilns (place of creation)
    Date
    13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
    Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, with carved and sprig-moulded decoration under a yellow glaze
    Dimensions
    4.3 cm (height)
    13.4 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    formed carved,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
    Accession no.
    LI1301.198
  • Further reading

    University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. C187

Glossary (2)

glaze, stoneware

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • stoneware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.

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Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The glaze colour on this piece is the result of misfiring, probably due to oxidization in the kiln. The desired ideal would have been a bluish green, derived from reduction-firing. The best colours were achieved by the Longquan kilns in the Southern Song period (1127–1279); in the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), firing was on the whole less well controlled.

    The deep rounded dish has a flat everted rim and a tapering foot. Two small sprig-moulded fish are applied in the centre and the outside is carved with slender lotus petals in relief. The glaze has misfired to an intense yellowish brown, and the unglazed footring is of similar colour.
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